SUMMARY OF CURRENT STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE ON RURAL INTERSECTION ILLUMINATION

THE PURPOSE IS TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE AS OF JUNE 1968 REGARDING ROADWAY ILLUMINATION AT RURAL AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS AND TO SUMMARIZE CURRENT PRACTICES. OVER 300 REFERENCES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. FROM THIS REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF CURRENT PRACTICES, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT VERY FEW RESEARCH STUDIES PERTAINING TO ILLUMINATION PROBLEMS AT RURAL AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED; BUT THE NEED FOR SUCH WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN BY THE INTEREST STATES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INDICATED IN THEIR REPLIES TO SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES. THE SCARCITY OF DEVELOPED PROGRAMS OF INTERSECTION ILLUMINATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUBSTANTIATES THE NEED FOR STANDARD LIGHTING PROGRAMS AND WARRANTS FOR THESE RURAL PROBLEM AREAS. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT OF CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE AREA OF RURAL AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS WAS OBTAINED BY SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO 49 STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS AND VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDUSTRIES CONCERNED WITH ROADWAY LIGHTING PROBLEMS. REPLIES INDICATED THAT VERY FEW PROGRAMS WERE IN OPERATION BUT THAT THERE WAS A WIDESPREAD INTEREST IN ROADWAY ILLUMINATION PROGRAMS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1970/336/336-003.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Visibility. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Lipinski, M E
  • Meador, G C
  • Gilbronson, A L
  • Traylor, M L
  • Berg, W D
  • Anderson, C L
  • Wortman, R H
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 33-62
• Monograph Title: Night visibility and driver behaviour
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 336
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intersections; Lighting; Rural highways; Street lighting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221254
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 11 1971 12:00AM